Axle-housing construction.



' D. C. GOFF.

AXLE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.12, 1918.

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o AXLE-HOUSING CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Apnhcetion filed December 12, will. Serial. lilo. filfillgidlh To (ZZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, DOUGLAS C. Gorr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Knoxville, in the county of linoiiand State of Tennessee, have invented certain. new and useful improvements in .ilrXle-l'lous ing Constrnctions oi which the :lollowing is a specification.

l /Iy invention is an improvement in axle housii construction, and has for its object to provide :1 housing of t is character speci lied for a load axle and live axle in o unit, thus attaining; light Weigh compuct-- ness, strength, simplicity and oi? mono feature.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a top plan View of the inn proved housing;

Fig. 2 is c rear view;

Figs. 3 and 4 are sections on the lines 3-3 and 4 l, respectively, of l;

Fig. 5 is a section through the difierentinl housing'oi" the live zlXle.

In the present embodiment of the inven tion, the honsing'consists of a hollow portion for the live axle, and s solid portion for the losd anle, the solid portion hevin sockets or bearings its ends for receiving the spindles l of the Wheels, and the spindles are secured Within sockets in suitable or desired manner, each spindle having; o. poo tion fitting t e socket, as shown. v

The housing; for the live o consists of o central portion 5 the di .crentisl, and

tral portion toward their outer ends. l.

solid portion 5 has the socket d,

for the spindles, and it will he noticed that the said sockets are spaced it little real" Wsrdlyof the outer ends of the tapered portion i for the live axle, and the said soclzets are connected to the said ends by integralwebs 7.

Both the portions 3-4 and li--ll7 integral, the whole being an integral struc ture, and disks 8 are arranged at the ends 0... the housing, the said disks forming the lime? closures for the gear cases 9 which inc-loses the gearing 10 for connecting the lino cells to the spindles.

The construction is a one piece casting, and the portion 3 is open at its front, as shown c 11, to nermit the entrance oi. the transmission shaft and to permit theasscm cling or disassembling; of the differential. ll ith this construction; the load side and the live axle housing constitute a single unit, theperts one; integral with the exception of the axle spindl s,which are of steel. The housing is light weight, but strong, compact, and may be easily manufactured. All of the labor require to assemble drop forged load axles with live axle housings of several sections is dispensed with, end there is a, permanent slineinent oi ell shafts. heel-inns and the like.

I claim:

An axle housing construction comprising solid. load enle end at chambered live, axle housing integrally connected throughout their length, the load axle hoving soclrets at its endsond steel spindles held in the sockets, the live axle housing consisting 0i a central portion for housing thetrsnsinis sion, and tapering portions for the axle sections, and a closing piste for-the gear housing rigid with the ends of the integral housing, I

2;. axle housing construction comprising solid load axle and s chambered live axle housing integally connected throughout their length, the load cxlc having sockst its ends and steel soindles held in the soclrets, the live axle housing consisting of at central portion for housing the transmission and tapering portions for, the axle sections. S. An housing construction comprising" s' solid load axle and s chambered live housing integrally connected throughout their length, the load axle ho'vin. sockets at its ends and steelspindles hel in the sockets.

' l. An snle housing construction compriss solid load axle and schsm'bere'd live mile honsino into construction compric ing a solid. loud axle and a ClXSUDlJQiMl live 7. An axle housing construction oompris axle housing integrally connected througln ing' an integrally east solid load axle and a out their length. chambered live axle housing, the ends of the 1Q 6. An axle housing construction ronuprissolid load axle being offset laterally from the ing a load axle and a chambered live axle live axle housing and connectenl thereto by housing integrally connected throughout integral WBbS.

their length. N DOUGLAS CAULKINS ,GOFF. 

